put in the balance
Example Sentences
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“We remove it. But what we put in the balance is what we can learn.”
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
That morning I left the Chisholm trail and struck down the Washita river, in search of a good, lively place where I might put in the balance of the winter.
From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Siringo, Chas. A.
Besides, there are all these later happenings, all your help to be put in the balance in your favour.
From Against Odds A Detective Story by Lynch, Lawrence L.
I saw the emptiness of fame and luxury, when put in the balance against the recompense of virtue.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
The blotting of the sun, the desolation of an universe is a trifle when put in the balance with an immortal spirit.
From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by King, Knowles
